Monday, October 24, 2016

GM Eugene Perelshteyn wins Harry Lyman Memorial 4-0 // NM Farzad Abdi / NM Andrew Hoy / Nithin Kavi / Jason Tang 2-5 // Zubin Baliga takes U1800 4-0 / Raymond Xu clear 2nd / 36 play // camera streaming board 1 //

BCC PRESENTS HARRY LYMAN MEMORIAL 2016
OPEN SECTION
GM Eugene Perelshteyn, clear 1st: 4-0
CHESS LESSONS:
Jerry Li v GM Eugene Perelshteyn, Round 1
GM Eugene Perelshteyn v Alejandro Botta, Round 2
Nithin Kavi v Eugene Perelshteyn, Round 3
Nithin scored 3 points for share of 2-5th place.
VIDEO LIVE STREAMING!!
Mrs. Kavi gets to watch her son play the grandmaster from
the BCC Skittles Room: live action! Equipment, on loan,
courtesy of MetroWest Chess Club! Thanks! MWCC!!
NM Farzad Abdi, black vs GM Eugene Perelshteyn, Round 4.
Farzad scored 3 points to share 2-5th place.
BLUE ON BLUE
Jason Tang v Alejandro Botta, Round 4
Jason scored 3 points to share 2-5th place.
Botta broke even with 2 out of 4.
Duncan Street Malone vs NM Brandon Wu, Round 4.
(background): Jason Tang v Alejandro Botta.
BCC Patron, Mark Fins (right) squares off with BCC
President NM Andrew Hoy. Mark won this game scoring
2 out of 4 for a +64 to 1972 rating. Bravo, Mark!
BEST DRESSED
Aaron Spencer from Maine, prepares to do battle with 
Nithin Kavi. Aaron was 2 for 4 in the event.
9 yr old Derek Jin steadies his nerves to play his game with
the black pieces vs Harvard Professor of Statistics,
Dr. Natesh Pillai. The game ended in a draw. 
Derek summed 2 points of 3, taking a last round bye.
Natesh was 2 for 4.
U1800 SECTION
Alexander Feng Meng vs Zubin Baliga, Round 1.
Zubin scored 4 points to take clear 1st place.
Alex scored 1.5 points. (background): Bob Oresick v Eric Li;
Kevin Li v Eddy Salgado.  Eddy hails from Florida and the
University of Maryland and has relocated to the Boston 
Area to look for work in the field of material sciences.
CRITICAL GAME
Zubin Baliga vs Henry Liu, Round 4. Zubin won this game
to clinch clear 1st place with 4 points.
(background): Eddy Salgado vs Bob Oresick; 
Raymond Xu vs Finn Garside, from New Hampshire.
Raymond Xu vs Henry Liu, Round 1.
Raymond won this game, giving him
the clear distinction of beating the highest
rated player in the U1800 section.
Raymond also scored 3 points to take
clear 2nd place. Bravo, Raymond!
PHOTOS FROM 
AROUND THE HALL

New Face at the BCC: Slobodan Milicevic,
plays white vs Jerry Li, Round 2.
Eddy Salgado vs Bob Oresick: draw! Round 4.
Alexander Fang Meng vs Eric Li
Kevin Li vs Ted Kietman.
This is Ted's first chess tournament. 
Welcome to the BCC!
Derek Jin plays white vs Evan Welsh
Round 2.
Henry Liu vs Steve Stepak, Round 2.
Matt Manzo, black vs Joe Pearl, Round 2.
(background): Benjamin Gunby vs Aaron Spencer.


Professor Natesh Pillai, black vs Bob Sullivan
(background): Boshen Li plays Duncan Malone Derek Jin vs 
Evan Welsh; Alex Yu vs Brandon Wu Round 2.
BCC Tournament Administration:
NM Andrew Hoy, TD
Bernardo Iglesias, TD
PHOTOS: STEVE STEPAK

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